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[–] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wtf. If she died from the dna editing, doing the test you mention wouldn’t have prevented it. If she died from the formulation, she would have died from the test you talk about. I don’t see a scenario where a test with a control virus makes a difference.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

An allergy test uses small amounts to test for a reaction.

[–] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

She died in kidney failure and thrombotic microangiopathy, not an allergic reaction. They did test for antibodies against the virus. The injection was directly into the cerebrospinal fluid, not exactly the same exposure you get with a skin allergy test.